MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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the United States should expand overseas
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the United States should stop taking Native American land
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the United States should expand coast to coast
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
Detailed explanation-2: -The philosophy describing the necessary expansion of the nation westward was called Manifest Destiny; the belief that it was our duty to settle the continent, conquer and prosper.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many Americans subscribed to the concept of “Manifest Destiny, ” the belief that Providence preordained the United States to occupy as much land on the continent as possible. Some saw lucrative economic opportunities in the vast stretches of arable land and superb Pacific Coast ports.